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Investigation of Pupils’ english language abilities in Tanzania: The case of english medium primary schools

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dc.creator Komba, S. C.
dc.creator John, D.
dc.date 2017-04-18T07:29:07Z
dc.date 2017-04-18T07:29:07Z
dc.date 2015-02-14
dc.date.accessioned 2022-10-25T08:50:58Z
dc.date.available 2022-10-25T08:50:58Z
dc.identifier 925-0711
dc.identifier https://www.suaire.sua.ac.tz/handle/123456789/1434
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/90868
dc.description World Journal of English Language, 2015; 5 (1): 56-64
dc.description This article is based on the study which sought to assess pupils’ abilities in written English language skills among English medium primary school pupils in Tanzania. The objectives of the study were to examine pupils’ abilities in constructing complete and meaningful sentences; to investigate pupils’ abilities in using tenses; to assess pupils’ abilities in using punctuation marks; and to examine pupils’ abilities in spelling words. The respondents were 240 pupils from four English medium primary schools, based in Mbeya and Dar es Salaam Cities. The data collection process was done using an achievement test and the collected data were subjected to item analysis in which frequencies and percentages of students exhibiting the specified abilities were computed. The findings indicated that the majority of the pupils had serious problems in the tested English language abilities. It was recommended, among others, that English medium primary schools should recruit teachers who are proficient in English language so that they could serve as role models to the pupils.
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dc.language en
dc.subject English language abilities
dc.subject English medium primary schools
dc.subject English language skills
dc.subject Tanzania
dc.title Investigation of Pupils’ english language abilities in Tanzania: The case of english medium primary schools
dc.type Article


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